FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
KUGN / UGNILLINOIS

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Waukegan Regional Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KUGN, from 1990-10-07 through 2026-04-10. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports911990–export
2021–2025 reports15five complete years
Reported damage17.6%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

15 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 7 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (22). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1617.6% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports44.4% of reports
Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$989Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20166 reports · 0.0% damage
20176 reports · 0.0% damage
20183 reports · 0.0% damage
20194 reports · 0.0% damage
20203 reports · 0.0% damage
20213 reports · 33.3% damage
20223 reports · 0.0% damage
20235 reports · 0.0% damage
20242 reports · 0.0% damage
20252 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May2
Jun2
Jul0
Aug3
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec1

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach6 · 16.7% damage
Climb3 · 0.0% damage
Departure2 · 0.0% damage
Landing Roll1 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run1 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Named species in this airport record

Unknown-bird categories remain in airport totals but do not get thin species-combination pages.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

No aircraft combination met the publication threshold.